Sunday, November 4, 2007

Mates bands...

We (being ANTISKEPTIC) recently did a Youth Alive event over in regional South Australia where we caught up with some very quality peeps. We hooked up with the darling Sundance Kids' again and they were great as norm, but the bonus part was when i did merch for em... i noticed a bunch of rare 'Thinktank' CD's in the merch box! Jeremy (the bass player) used to be in Thinktank and our guitar tech and all round nice guy Kev was 2nd guitar in the 'Tank as well! Im well pleased to announce that their 2nd album 'Here is the Moment' is once again available to the music buying/loving/sharing public!! It's actually the first two EP's re-released as an album for their European Label Household Records.Frickin awsome tho...still measures up better than heaps of the current brand of indie trash out there today!

Listen to one of my fav tracks Pale (first song on the disc)


Another rad A-town band to keep eyes on is Newtonheath! They have just released their new full length disco called 'Come together and Unite'. I was especiall y amped about this cos i was a mega fan of their previous band 'Edison Music' and to a lesser extent 'Sumi'. (sorry guys)


Mat and Rach have been doing this music thang for years and under a few different names as well. A quick looky at the web page gives you some mp'3s of previous work and a bit of background to digest. All in all its a pretty solid record from the outset, a bit up and down, it feels like this might really grow on me as i give it time but im still coming to terms with the fact that this does NOT sound like another Edison' record. I feel dumb because i think i was expecting one! Theres some uber big rock moments, great choruses and some pretty guitar parts dispersed throughout, not just an emo/rock thing...but more developed and urgent.


Anyway...